As our own Jeff Koch can attest, Southern California is an easy place to have your collector car jacked.
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I would just like to take the time to say thank you as I could have bought a lemon as this way I have the facts rather than the fictional story given. The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) can be found in a couple of places including on the car's registration label, on the build plaque in the engine bay or on the passenger side windshield and door jamb.
Similarly, if there is outstanding finance on the car and you buy it, you cannot be the registered owner of the vehicle until the balance of the finance agreement is paid out in full. For a few pounds, you’ll have a lot of data at your fingertips when you decide which used car to go for. Each year, around 500,000 cars are written off by insurers who feel that repairing them would prove too costly. Some form of finance is used to buy more than eight million vehicles in the UK, so there is a high chance that you could have your eye on a car which was original purchased in this way. When an attempt is made to disguise the real mileage of a car by tampering with the odometer, this is called clocking. A car with an incorrect mileage can also be a safety hazard as certain parts will need replacing at particular mileage intervals. A HPI text check is the quickest and easiest way to get all the vital details on the car you are hoping to buy. Many companies will supply you with a report over the post and some used car garages will also carry out HPI checks on the vehicles they are selling. Before you part with your hard-earned cash, make sure you know what you’re getting into it.
My thoughts were also on the lines of David Conwill… I own a 1957 Chevy Bel-Air 4 door sedan that my dad bought new, and I grew up in, and although I appreciate the past efforts that I have put into my 4 door sedan, I was kinda thinking like David Conwill, why would someone steal a 4 door sedan, especially of that style, make and model, which would be harder to flip or part out. Don Harrier is right – please look for a Stude that looks bad but the body is straight. It makes me mad to think that just because I had a For Sale sign you question my sentiment? Seeing the for sale signs, guess I would begin looking at ones that came to look at car to buy it, since they would be able to see how they could break in to garage. Hey guys, around 12am-3am (7-17-09) my 2003 Suzuka Blue s2000 that I have had for one week has been stolen.

At best, you could just be left out of pocket, at worst you could lose your money and the car. If you are then involved in accident, you can’t be too sure whether your new car would stand up to it or if you or your passengers would be able to walk away from it.
The original owner will get the car back or if the insurance company has already paid out on a claim by the owner, then they would assume ownership of the vehicle. However, that will be no excuse if the car is tracked down as you will have to return it to its rightful owner and you’ll lose your cash too. A quarter of cars which have been investigated by a HPI text check are found to be the subject unsettled finance agreements.
She wrote: Stan was my father and a long long time member of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Corvair club and, I think, the Kaiser club.
I like the idea of work camps where the prisoners spend their days turning big rocks into smaller ones. My father-in-law’s house sat empty for almost two years until we recently found a buyer.
I had no choice financially or otherwise but to sell some of dad’s assets to pay for his funeral, hospice, etc! If there is still balance owed to a finance company, then they can take ownership of the car even if it is sold to you, and you will have no legal comeback due to the Sale of Goods Act.
Anytime we were there at night doing anything, we would get a call from one of the neighbors making sure it was us in the house. The thief checks out something advertised as a legitimate buyer, and then comes back later to help himself.
He had kept his 1931 Studebaker that took him 40 years to restore and a 1955 President that he also fully restored. As you can see from the photos she included, the Studebaker is white over turquoise and wears California plates EHH 525. Anybody with information on the whereabouts of the car should call the Rancho Cordova Police Department at 866-870-2441.